RCB Champions of TATA IPL 2O25: Royal Challengers Bangalore defeated Punjab Kings in the IPL 2025 final and won the title for the first time. Royal Challengers Bangalore, led by Rajat Patidar, defeated Punjab Kings by 6 runs in the IPL 2025 final. At the same time, Shreyas Iyer's dream of becoming champion for the second time in a row was shattered. Royal Challengers Bangalore, batting first, scored 190 runs for the loss of 9 wickets in 20 overs. In response, the Punjab Kings team could only score 184 runs for the loss of seven wickets in 20 overs. After winning the title match, Virat Kohli could not control his emotions and tears of joy were seen coming out of his eyes. Earlier, the Bangalore team made it to the title match in 2016, where it was defeated by Sunrisers Hyderabad.

IPL 2025 Final Match Playing-11s

Royal Challengers Bengaluru: Virat Kohli, Phil Salt, Mayank Agarwal, Rajat Patidar (c), Liam Livingstone, Jitesh Sharma (wk), Romario Shepherd, Krunal Pandya, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Yash Dayal, Josh Hazlewood, Suyash Sharma.

Punjab Kings: Prabhsimran Singh, Priyansh Arya, Josh Inglis (wk), Shreyas Iyer (c), Nehal Wadhera, Shashank Singh, Marcus Stoinis, Azmatullah Omarzai, Kyle Jamieson, Arshdeep Singh, Harpreet Brar/Yuzvendra Chahal, Vijaykumar Vyshak.

Royal Challengers Bangalore, who came to bat first in the IPL 2025 final, did not have a good start and lost the wicket of opener Phil Salt (16) in the second over itself. He was dismissed by Kyle Jamieson. After this, Mayank Agarwal, who came to bat, could not support Virat Kohli for long and returned to the pavilion after scoring 24 runs in 18 balls. Captain Rajat Patidar scored (26) runs hitting two sixes and a four. He was dismissed LBW by Kyle Jamieson.

Virat Kohli, who was moving towards his half century, was caught out by Azmatullah Omarzai on his own ball in the 15th over and sent to the pavilion. Virat Kohli scored (43) runs in 35 balls with three fours. Liam Livingstone was also dismissed by Kyle Jamieson for (25) runs in 15 balls. Jitesh Sharma scored (24) runs in 10 balls with two fours and two sixes.

He was bowled out by Vijay Kumar Vaishak in the 18th over. Romario Shepherd scored 17 runs off nine balls and was caught LBW by Arshdeep Singh in the 20th over. Arshdeep Singh took three wickets of Royal Challengers Bangalore in the same over and did not let them reach the 200 run mark. Royal Challengers Bangalore could make only 190 runs for nine wickets in the stipulated 20 overs. Arshdeep Singh and Kyle Jamieson took three wickets each. Vijay Kumar Vaishak, Azmatullah Omarzai and Yuzvendra Chahal dismissed one batsman each.

For Punjab Kings, who came out to overcome the title challenge of 191 runs, the opening pair of Priyansh Arya and Prabhsimran Singh made a good start and added 43 runs for the first wicket. In the fifth over, Josh Halewood gave the first success to Royal Challengers Bangalore by taking the best catch of the match on the boundary of Priyansh Arya (24) in 19 balls. In the ninth over, Krunal Pandya gave the second blow to Punjab by dismissing Prabhsimran Singh (26) in 22 balls.

After this, captain Shreyas Iyer (1) who came to bat was caught by wicketkeeper Jitesh on the ball of Romario Shepherd. Krunal Pandya gave a big blow to Punjab by dismissing Josh Inglis in the 13th over. Josh Inglis scored (39) runs in 23 balls hitting four sixes and one four. In the 17th over, Bhuvneshwar Kumar gave a double blow to Punjab by dismissing Nehal Badera (15) and Marcus Stoinis (6) in the same over.

In the 18th over, Yash Dayal gave Bengaluru the seventh success by dismissing Azmatullah Omarzai (1). Punjab Kings' team could score only 184 runs for seven wickets in the stipulated 20 overs and lost the title match by six runs.

At post match presentation Virat Kohli speaks to Matthew Hayden: "This win is as much for the fans as it is for the team. I've given this team my youth, prime and experience. Tried to win it every season, gave it everything I can. Never thought this day would come, was overcome with emotion after we won.

"What ABD has done for the franchise is tremendous, told him 'this is as much yours as it is ours'. He's been the POTM most times in the franchise despite being retired for four years. He deserves to be on the podium, lifting the cup.

"This win is right up there, I've stayed loyal to this team. I had moments otherwise, but I stayed with them and them with me. My heart is with Bangalore, my soul is with Bangalore. This is a high-intensity tournament, I want to win the big tournaments and moments. Tonight, I'll sleep like a baby."